Key Documents
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Here is a selection of documents reflecting the development of the UNESCO Convention and the establishment of the International Federation. It also highlights UKCCD’s major events, seminars, and contributions, alongside key submissions and reports. In addition, it features selected keynotes, speeches, and articles, by Carole Tongue and Holly Aylett.
2026
2025
A Toolkit for Our Cultural Rights, Holly Aylett
October 2025
20th Anniversary Celebration, UKCCD with EUNIC, Cyprus High Commission
Implementing UNESCO’s Convention 2005, Carole Tongue
October 2025
20th Anniversary Celebration, UKCCD with EUNIC, Cyprus High Commission
Rebalancing our Audiovisual Ecosystem: Report of the CMS Committee on Independent Film and High End Production
October 2025
Journal of British Film and Television, Holly Aylett and Carole Tongue
Music and AI in the context of the 20th Anniversary of the 2005 UNESCO Convention
June 2025
Speech to European Music Council by Carole Tongue, Brussels
Timeline of Legislation regarding the audiovisual exception in Free Trade Agreements
March 2025
2024
IFCCD Address to UN Expert Mechanism on Right to Development: AI and Cultural Rights
October 2024
Carole Tongue
2023
2022
2020
Trade Briefing – Free Trade Agreement with European Union and USA: UK cultural and audiovisual perpectives
July 2020 | audiovisual, cultural, European Union, trade, USA
UKCCD, July 2020
IFCCD Global Report on the Impact of Covid-19 on arts and culture
May 2020 | Africa, arts, Asia, Covid, Latin America
Submission to DCMS Consultation on the Future of Public Service Broadcasting
April 2020 | digital, diversity, governance, independence, public service broadcasting
UKCCD, April 2020
International Federation Trade Report: Global trade facing new-mercantilism: cultural issues
April 2020 | audiovisual, culture, IFCCD, intellectual property, trade
2019
Submission to the Labour Party Review on Creative Industries and Digital Economy
May 2019 | audiovisual, creative industries, digital, Europe, intellectual property
Report on Civil Society Activities
April 2019 | civil society, coalition, digital, diversity, rights
International Federation of Coalitions, IFCCD, April 2019
2018
Cultural Policy: The Lessons from Europe
January 2018 | audiovisual, AVMS, Carole Tongue, digital, European Union
Keynote, Carole Tongue, Toronto, 2018
2016
Opinion on European Union Revision of AVMS
July 2016 | AVMS, cultural exception, ECCD, European Union, quota
European Coalitions, ECCD, July 2016
2015
International Federation, Report on 4th Congress
October 2015 | Africa, coalition, development, Latin America, South
Mons, October 2015
Observations on the application of Digital Single Market to the Cultural and Audiovisual Sector
March 2015 | audiovisual, digital, European Union, market
UKCCD, March 2015
Putting Labour’s Cultural Strategy in a European and International Context
February 2015 | audiovisual, cultural exception, diversity, media
UKCCD, February 2015
2014
What if there were no BBC Television?
February 2014
Patrick Barwise and Robert C Picard, Reuters Institute of Journalism
2013
Culture as a goal in Post-2015 Development Agenda
May 2013 | culture, development, goal, IFCCD, MDGs
Position paper by IFACCA, IFCCD, Culture 21, Culture Action Europe
Culture in National and International Development, Arterial Network
May 2013 | creative industries, development, economy, inequality, South
2012
3rd Congress of the International Federation of Coalitions
September 2012 | civil society, culture, fair trade, IFCCD, resolution
IFCCD, Bratislava, 2012
Achieving Fairer Trade: a North-South perspective
September 2012 | cultural exchange, development, fair trade, Holly Aylett, South
Holly Aylett, keynote, IFCCD Congress 2012
UK Government’s First Quadrennial Report on UNESCO Convention, 2005
September 2012 | capacitation, civil society, creative industries, diversity
UKCCD Submission to UK Government’s Quadrennial Report to UNESCO
June 2012 | civil society, creative industries, diversity, national commission, policy
Report on International Coalitions for Cultural Diversity
June 2012 | culture, IFCCD, members, policy, region
IFCCD 2012
Backgrounder on UNESCO’s Convention, 2005
April 2012 | civil society, convention, culture, IFCCD, intergovernmental committee
2010
Forum for Young Leaders on Cultural Policy
June 2010 | Carole Tongue, cultural diversity, Holly Aylett, U40, UNESCO
UKCCD with City University, June 10, 2010
2009
A Magna Carta for the Cultural Industries, Holly Aylett
December 2009 | civil society, convention, culture, rights, trade
Eliminating World Poverty: Assuring our Common Future
May 2009 | climate, creative industries, digital, government
UKCCD Submission to DFID Consultation
The British Film and Television Industry
April 2009 | audiovisual, AVMS, culture, independent
Submission to the House of Lords Select Committee on Communications, Carole Tongue
2008
Promoting the Convention as an Instrument for Development
November 2008 | commonwealth, culture, development, Holly Aylett, policy
Conference Keynote, Holly Aylett, November 2008
International Development and Diversity of Cultural Expressions
November 2008 | capacitation, civil society, convention, development, European Union
Conference Report, UKCCD and Commonwealth Foundation, November 2008
Maximising UNESCO’s Convention to support Development of Caribbean Cultural Industries
July 2008 | Caribbean, cultural industries, development, digital, policy
Conference Programme, July 6, 2008
International Federation Proposals regarding Role of Civil Society in implementing Convention
June 2008 | article, civil society, convention, IFCCD, policy
Globalisation: a threat to Diversity of Cultural Expressions
June 2008 | cultural exception, development, globalisation, policy, trade
Report from UKCCD & Global Policy Institute Seminar, June 2008
Who’s Afraid of WTO? Culture Trade and Development
May 2008 | Carole Tongue, convention, development, European Union, trade
Carole Tongue, Brussels, May 2008
2007
IFCCD Workshop at Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
November 2007 | civil society, commonwealth, convention, development, IFCCD
CHOGM, Kampala, November 2007
Declaration of International Federation of Coalitions for Cultural Diversity
September 2007 | civil society, convention, creative industries, development, policy
IFCCD, Founding Congress, Seville, September 18-19, 2007
Cultural Diversity – Europe’s Wealth: Bringing UNESCO Convention to Life
April 2007 | culture, development, media, policy, public service broadcasting
European Priorities for Film Policy, paper for Conference, Holly Aylett & Carole Tongue, Essen, Germany, April 2007